Chad Wolf, the former acting secretary of Homeland Security, told Newsmax that Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass was wrong to blame ICE agents for rioting in the city and “should resign.”
Wolf told Newsmax’s “National Report” on Tuesday that Bass went over the top with that comment. “She’s basically saying if ICE just would have ignored their mission, ignored the fact that we have criminal, illegal aliens in the city of Los Angeles, then everything would be all right,” he said. “That is a disgrace. She should resign from saying just that, that law enforcement should abdicate their responsibility and just go on to another city. It’s disgraceful.”
California Gov. Gavin Newsom accused President Donald Trump of trying to start a civil war by sending federal troops to Los Angeles to stop the violence. But Wolf said Newsom had things turned around. “The majority of Americans know that Donald Trump is a peacemaker. He is trying to end wars overseas. He doesn’t want this to occur.”
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